Oscar Odd McIntyre (February 18, 1884 – February 14, 1938) was one of America’s most widely read newspaper columnists during the 1920s and 1930s. Born in Plattsburg, Missouri, he became famous for his syndicated daily column “New York Day by Day,” which appeared in more than 500 newspapers nationwide.

McIntyre had a unique gift: he wrote about New York City with the heart and voice of a small‑town Midwesterner. The Washington Post described his work as “the letter from New York read by millions because it never lost the human, homefolk flavor of a letter from a friend.”

He began his journalism career in Ohio in 1902, later moving to Manhattan, where he chronicled celebrities, city life, and everyday characters with warmth, humor, and nostalgia. His writing shaped how much of America imagined New York during the Jazz Age.

McIntyre died in 1938 in New York City, just four days shy of his 54th birthday.